Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [prep] the first place " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we 're so smart we would n't be in this mess in the first place . |
| 2 | ‘ If she had done her job properly , I would never have been in this mess in the first place . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And I 'm sorry , too , ’ puts in Rainbow , ‘ for getting you into this mess in the first place . |
| 4 | Part of her , that stubborn , spirited side , the side that had got her into this mess in the first place , would n't let her give up , back out and admit that Luke Denner and his sexuality were more than she could handle . |
| 5 | Yet he is required to hand over his children 's future to the ‘ non-ideological ’ market forces he thinks are largely responsible for getting us all into this mess in the first place . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's over-consumption that got us into this mess in the first place , ’ says Julia Langer . |
| 7 | The biggest question mark over Major out of the row is how the Government got into this mess in the first place . |
| 8 | The decision to investigate this relationship in the first place was bound up with theories of the social function of closeknit networks ( see 5.7.1 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ The people who seem to be giving us all the orders now are the very people who , um , got us into this trouble in the first place ! ’ |
| 10 | My final choice from last week 's ‘ Independent ’ was the example that provoked me into attempting this subject in the first place . |
| 11 | It 's terribly uncomfortable to be trapped in this situation in the first place . |
| 12 | She 'd known he 'd think that and that was one of the reasons why she had n't wanted to get into this conversation in the first place . |
| 13 | Having taken the trouble to travel all this way in the first place , he 'd doubtless find some means of coercing her to stay . |
| 14 | Having instigated this trip in the first place , Maggie became most anxious and cornered Mitch upstairs after breakfast . |
| 15 | If Chancellor Norman Lamont wants to ease their burden he should begin by penalising those uncaring banks which have caused a lot of this misery in the first place . |
| 16 | Say that 's population control investment in agricultural infrastructure and technology education and what 's causing this problem in the first place ? |
| 17 | ‘ Well , George , if we are going to start arguing that way , who provided the money for the deposit on this house in the first place ? ’ |